Hey Everyone,
First time caller, long time listener, etc.
So I had seen a couple other similar problems/posts to the one I'm having, although it seems as if I wasn't able to fix it in the manner they were able to. This is what I'm working with in terms of relevant components (If I am missing anything that might help, let me know!):
I7-3930k
Gigabyte g1 Assassin2
OLD gpu: EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
NEW gpu: Gigabyte GTX 770 GDDR5-4GB WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Card GV-N770OC-4GD
PowerSupply: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold - 1200W
So last night, I put in the new Giga 770, and connect two 8 pin power connectors (2x 6pin+2pin), and fire it up. It goes straight to the mobo boot menu splash screen. I connect a USB keyboard and it is not responding. I try every single USB port on the computer and none are getting a response from the splash screen. the num lock and scroll lock lights do toggle on and off when I press them, So I know the keyboard is getting juice and functioning. After about 60 seconds or so, it kicks over to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left.
After searching the always helpful THW forums, I found that some people fixed this via updating their Bios. So I began trying to do that, but the problem is, I can't even access qflash or anything else to update them with the current card in, so I put the old card back in and booted up. I then tried to use the qflash with the old card in (because I can get it to boot fine with the old card), and when I went into Qflash and ran the file, it told me I needed to update my flash utility (which is something I couldn't find on the gigabyte website, so any help there would be appreciated too) so I couldn't get it to finish. At this point, I threw caution to the wind and tried updating it via @bios. when I "update from gigabyte servers" the utility freezes when it hits 100%. So I updated with @bios via the file on my thumb drive. That erased, wrote, etc just fine but froze the computer at 0% of the "verifying" and I started sweating bullets at this point because after hours of waiting for it, I was going to need to restart it. After a scary power cycle session, it booted fine and back to windows. The @bios module said I now had the up to date f12w bios (with lots of jibberish characters after the edition f12w?), so I decided to try the new card again. Straight back to an unresponsive splash screen.
I have tried:
reseating the GPU power cables (2 6+2 connectors should be fine, I don't need 2 8's specifically?)
Popped the bio's battery out of the mobo and waited 15 mins
Every USB port I have
reseating some of the memory
different PCI.e3.0 slots
I still need to pick up a USB to PS/2 adaptor for my keyboard, but from what I've read I'm not getting my hopes up for that.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated. If I can get it working great, if not, can anyone help me make sure I go through the proper check list to know I got a bad card and need to send it back (box wasn't in the best condition when I got it...)
Thanks in advance for the help!
First time caller, long time listener, etc.
So I had seen a couple other similar problems/posts to the one I'm having, although it seems as if I wasn't able to fix it in the manner they were able to. This is what I'm working with in terms of relevant components (If I am missing anything that might help, let me know!):
I7-3930k
Gigabyte g1 Assassin2
OLD gpu: EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
NEW gpu: Gigabyte GTX 770 GDDR5-4GB WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Card GV-N770OC-4GD
PowerSupply: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold - 1200W
So last night, I put in the new Giga 770, and connect two 8 pin power connectors (2x 6pin+2pin), and fire it up. It goes straight to the mobo boot menu splash screen. I connect a USB keyboard and it is not responding. I try every single USB port on the computer and none are getting a response from the splash screen. the num lock and scroll lock lights do toggle on and off when I press them, So I know the keyboard is getting juice and functioning. After about 60 seconds or so, it kicks over to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left.
After searching the always helpful THW forums, I found that some people fixed this via updating their Bios. So I began trying to do that, but the problem is, I can't even access qflash or anything else to update them with the current card in, so I put the old card back in and booted up. I then tried to use the qflash with the old card in (because I can get it to boot fine with the old card), and when I went into Qflash and ran the file, it told me I needed to update my flash utility (which is something I couldn't find on the gigabyte website, so any help there would be appreciated too) so I couldn't get it to finish. At this point, I threw caution to the wind and tried updating it via @bios. when I "update from gigabyte servers" the utility freezes when it hits 100%. So I updated with @bios via the file on my thumb drive. That erased, wrote, etc just fine but froze the computer at 0% of the "verifying" and I started sweating bullets at this point because after hours of waiting for it, I was going to need to restart it. After a scary power cycle session, it booted fine and back to windows. The @bios module said I now had the up to date f12w bios (with lots of jibberish characters after the edition f12w?), so I decided to try the new card again. Straight back to an unresponsive splash screen.
I have tried:
reseating the GPU power cables (2 6+2 connectors should be fine, I don't need 2 8's specifically?)
Popped the bio's battery out of the mobo and waited 15 mins
Every USB port I have
reseating some of the memory
different PCI.e3.0 slots
I still need to pick up a USB to PS/2 adaptor for my keyboard, but from what I've read I'm not getting my hopes up for that.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated. If I can get it working great, if not, can anyone help me make sure I go through the proper check list to know I got a bad card and need to send it back (box wasn't in the best condition when I got it...)
Thanks in advance for the help!
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